I wonder. Recent media reports have been depicting the Repubs on shaky ground, saying that the public is supporting the unions moreso than the Gov and the Rep senators. It's easy to discount such reports in the media, given the source, but now I wonder if there might actually have been some truth to it.
Did the Repubs see the writing on the wall and conclude that they were losing this fight? If so, that doesn't bode well.
If the public can't see that the public unions are a major problem these days, and doesn't have the stomach to back politcritters who take on the public unions, then we're in a bigger mess than I thought.